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Love and Rockets
Five women stand in a police lineup; four of them are garishly dressed, impressively endowed superwomen ― perfectly normal, because this is, after all, the cover of a comic book. A closer look, however, reveals a fifth woman who seems thoroughly out of place ― mousy, in bathrobe and curlers, smoking a cigarette, she appears to have been suddenly yanked from her breakfast table. Surely, this diminutive, dowdy woman is here by mistake ― or is she? From the very first cover of the very first issue of Love and Rockets in 1982, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have created artwork that has subverted, contradicted and celebrated the history of the comic book medium, inverting familiar tropes and ...
Vision
Collects Vision Director's Cut #1-6. WINNER OF 2017 Eisner AWARD for Best Limited Series! One of the most celebrated comic books of the century, collected alongside an expansive array of special features! Vision wants to be human, and whats more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning to the laboratory where Ultron created him as a weapon. The place where he first rebelled against his destiny and imagined that he could be more that he could be a man. There, he builds them. A wife, Virginia. Teenage twins, Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have his powers. They share his grandest ambition or obsession? the unrelenting need to be ordinary. Behold the Visions! Theirs is a story of togetherness and tragedy one that will set the Android Avenger on course for a devastating confrontation with Earths Mightiest Heroes.
The Suicide Forest #1
Alan ends his rather unhealthy relationship with Masami who doesn't take it very well. In Aokigahara, Ryoko recovers another suicide victim's body along with his skeptical work partner who does not believe the legends of this forest.
Aims and Prospects of Semiotics
Annotation. The two monumental volumes making up this collection of essays hold the names of the world s most renowned and respected scholars in the field of semiotics, and does more than full justice to the extraordinary career of Algirdas Julien Greimas. Before this mer á boire of some seventy five essays kicks off, the editors present a state-of-the art introduction, which is followed by a unique bio-bibliography of A.J. Greimas that trails the career of the master writer in unparalleled fashion through the years.
A Land Without Gods
In this theoretically innovative study of maldevelopment and power relations among the Nahuas of southern Veracruz, Chevalier and Buckles explore the impact of Mexico's cattle ranching and petrochemical industries on milpa agriculture and rainforest environment. They also examine how national politics and economics affect native patterns of patrimonial culture and social organization. In the concluding chapter, an ascetic worldview illustrated through corn god mythology points to meaningful ways of countering current trends of social and ecological impoverishment. This major work of scholarship tackles key issues in ecology and development, theories of the state, gender analysis and symbolic...
Duda
Mexico, 1970. The world celebrates its first three time World Cup champion. Gabriel, however, has little to celebrate. Brazil, 2013. Duda, a successful sports marketing executive, is called to a meeting that will change his life. Sofia, his love of many years, and Edson, his friend and star/captain of the Brazilian national team take the news in very distinct ways when Duda calls and proposes something that will change the soccer world forever. FIFA and sponsors are not enthusiastic, but little by little Duda finds allies and his idea takes shape. Meanwhile, Natalija, an attractive and successful independent journalist has moved to Rio to follow a lead on the story of another prize that will...
The Poverty Industry
"Hatcher [posits that] state governments and their private industry partners are profiting from the social safety net, turning America's most vulnerable populations into sources of revenue"--
Creepy Creatures (Goosebumps Graphic Novel Collection #1)
Goosebumps now on Disney+! This graphic novel anthology features three terrifying adaptations of classic Goosebumps novels! Experience three of Goosebumps' creepiest creatures like you’ve never seen them before. The Werewolf of Fever Swamp adapted and illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez There is something weird happening in Fever Swamp. It started with the strange howling at night. Then there was the rabbit, torn to shreds. Everyone thinks Grady's new dog is responsible. After all, he looks just like a wolf. But Grady knows his dog is just a regular old dog. And most dogs don't howl at the moon. Or disappear at midnight. Or change into terrifying creatures when the moon is full. Or do they? T...
The Death of Josseline
Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others For the last decade, Margaret Regan has reported on the escalating chaos along the Arizona-Mexico border, ground zero for immigration since 2000. Undocumented migrants cross into Arizona in overwhelming numbers, a state whose anti-immigrant laws are the most stringent in the nation. And Arizona has the highest number of migrant deaths. Fourteen-year-old Josseline, a young girl from El Salvador who was left to die alone on the migrant trail, was just one of thousands to perish in its deserts and mountains. With a sweeping perspective and vivi...
Astonishing X-Men
Collects Astonishing X-Men (2004) #57-59, 62-68. Warbird is on the run, labeled an enemy of Earth as well as the Shiar. Now the X-Men must decide whether to help her or bring her in. But whats the secret of that alien artifact shes uncovered? Then, in the aftermath of X-Termination, Iceman begins to deal with the aftershocks of his multi-dimensional ordeal. A catastrophic storm has buried much of the northern hemisphere under the deadly weight of snow, creating a kingdom where only one man rules: Bobby Drake. But Bobbys mind has become fragmented and lost. Who will stop his reign of terror? Plus: Wolverine and Gambit hit the road in a stolen Lamborghini... with an alien stuffed in the teeny tiny trunk!
